Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 23:44:40 -0600 From: "Franklin Pierce" <franklin_pierce@operamail.com> To: pongkee@yahoo.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how do i invoke the command "ee" or "vi" when system fails to load Message-ID: <20030312054440.3553.qmail@operamail.com>
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----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Parquette <bcsfd204@twcny.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 18:55:07 -0500
To: NOEL BALANSAG <pongkee@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: how do i invoke the command "ee" or "vi" when system fails to load
> NOEL BALANSAG wrote:
>
> >hello.
> >
> >pardon my stupid question, but how do i invoke the
> >command "ee" or "vi"?
*snip*
> >how do i invoke "ee" or "vi"? is it ok to just edit
> >the file "/etc/fstab" and reboot? is there anything
> >else i need to do?
*snip*
> Noel,
> From your description I'm assuming you are going into single user mode.
> It sounds like fstab is pointing in the wrong place.
*snip*
Don't forget you'll have to invoke it with a long path
name, /usr/bin/ee . another option is to learn the
rather hideous syntax of /bin/ed . OK, it's only
mildly non-intuitive.
"It's a new idea," said Jai.
"I'd better go and share it with the club before I become rigid and defensive about it," he added hastily.
--Joanna Russ, _And Chaos Died_
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